Dr Mary Adamson Anderson Marshall
Scottish physician and one of the Edinburgh Seven
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Adolphine Fletcher Terry
Adolphine Fletcher Terry was a civic-minded woman from a prominent Little Rock, Arkansas family who used her position to improve schools and libraries, start a juvenile court system, provide affordable housing, promote the education of women and women’s rights, and challenge the racism of the Old South.
Carolyn Jean Green
In May 1966, Carolyn Jean Green was one of the first two African American students to graduate from what is now Ouachita Baptist University (OBU).
Hana El-Hebshi
Libyan architect
Gertie Yolanda Besosa Silva
Considered the first Puerto Rican woman to earn a diploma in architecture (1945), she was also the first Puerto Rican woman to obtain a license to practice architecture and work as a professional architect in Puerto Rico (1945).
Peggy Bawoek
Architect in Suriname
Lea Puymbroeck Miller
Professor Lea Puymbroeck Miller became a symbol of [the impact of anti-nepotism rules on women’s careers] in 1938.
Louise Bourgeois Boursier
Louise Bourgeois was renowned for her skill as a midwife, with patients including French royalty in the early 1600s.
Luz Amorocho
María Luz Amorocho Carreño was the first woman to earn a diploma in architecture in Colombia (1945), graduating from the School of Architecture at the National University of Colombia in Bogotá.
Dr Anna Perreira
Lecturer in the Department of Architecture at the University of Guyana in Georgetown, Guyana (2003–)